Identity area
Reference code
CA EAL F008-2023.07-S7-S7.1
Title
Nipponia Home
Date(s)
- 1989-2000 (Creation)
Level of description
Subseries
Extent and medium
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Nipponia Home opened in 1958 as the first Japanese Canadian seniors home in Canada. The home was built in Beamsville Ontario, with funds from Yasutaro Yamaga, the Province of Ontario, and the Japanese Canadian Community. It operated until 2000, when it was closed.
Material includes financial records and textual documents created by the Nipponia Home Committee Operations. Photographs capture the image of the building itself, including its extension.